Reviews tagging 'Drug abuse'

Fallstudie by Graeme Macrae Burnet

3 reviews

queerloras's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

This was described as funny. I'm not sure where the humour came in, but I didn't "get it" in his last book either and still enjoyed it so [shrug emoji]

---

Content Warnings

Moderate: Mental illness, Misogyny, Rape, Death of parent, Sexual harassment, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Stalking, Toxic friendship, Alcohol, Car accident, Classism, Death, Grief, Sexism, Addiction, Suicide, Ableism, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Fatphobia, Gaslighting, Toxic relationship, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Self harm

geraldinerowe's review against another edition

challenging dark funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

A very clever book, weaving fact into fiction. It was a bit of a (sedate) rollercoaster for me. I started out being fascinated by the two main characters, then began to get irritated by them, and ended up feeling quite sentimental towards them. A lot happens in this book, without very much actually happening.

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Alcohol, Alcoholism, and Mental illness

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Suicide

Minor: Sexual assault, Homophobia, Misogyny, Rape, and Lesbophobia

alisonannk's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

---

Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts, Addiction, Misogyny, Drug abuse, Alcohol, Classism, Death, Death of parent, Drug use, Sexism, Alcoholism, Mental illness, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Sexual assault, Suicide, Cursing, Grief, Homophobia, and Self harm

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Bullying, Domestic abuse, Body shaming, Confinement, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Sexual harassment, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Vomit, and Physical abuse